Wearable tech is having a moment &ndash; after the implosion of Google Glass back in 2013, which faced backlash and ridicule, we&rsquo;re now readily embracing wearables from rings to AI pendants to new smart glasses in the form of Meta Ray-Bans. What&rsquo;s behind the new fervor of wearables today, and have we moved on from the privacy and surveillance questions that plagued Google Glass? Dexter talks to Victoria Song, a senior reviewer at The Verge whose job it is to test out each new iteration of this technology, about the state of wearables today, why companies are obsessed with getting AI into them, and how they&rsquo;ve already changed how we talk to each other, and ourselves, IRL. Got something you&rsquo;re curious about? Hit us up <a href="mailto:killswitch@kaleidoscope.nyc">killswitch@kaleidoscope.nyc</a>, or @killswitchpod, or @dexdigi on IG or Bluesky. Read + Watch:&nbsp; Victoria&rsquo;s smart glasses review on The Verge: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/10/24340208/ces-2025-smart-glasses-rokid-halliday-xreal-vuzix-nuance-audio">https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/10/24340208/ces-2025-smart-glasses-rokid-halliday-xreal-vuzix-nuance-audio</a> &ldquo;How the low-vision community embraced AI smart glasses&rdquo; from The Vergecast: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgu0a9QK75E">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgu0a9QK75E</a> The Daily Show segment, &ldquo;Glass Half Empty&rdquo;: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClvI9fZaz6M">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClvI9fZaz6M</a> &ldquo;Why Do Scouters Explode?&rdquo;: <a href="https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_1666.html">https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/news/01_1666.html</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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